Yesterday we went to visit the Hoba meteorite the largest one on the planet. It was large as. Dad took a photo of me sitting on it. It was rock hard. It had puddles of rain on it, first rain for a while in Namibia which is good.
These are some notes I copied from information we got at the Hoba site.
The Hoba consists of 82.4% iron, 16.2% nickel and the rest Cobalt and other elements. It weighs 60 tons and it hit Namibia 80,000 years ago. Its thickness varies between 122 and 75 cm so its actually pretty small. The shallow pits and depressions on the horizontal upper surface of the meteorite are typical of high temperature meteorite corrosion during the passage through the earths atmosphere. Minor oxidation has occurred on the surface.
These are some notes I copied from information we got at the Hoba site.
The Hoba consists of 82.4% iron, 16.2% nickel and the rest Cobalt and other elements. It weighs 60 tons and it hit Namibia 80,000 years ago. Its thickness varies between 122 and 75 cm so its actually pretty small. The shallow pits and depressions on the horizontal upper surface of the meteorite are typical of high temperature meteorite corrosion during the passage through the earths atmosphere. Minor oxidation has occurred on the surface.
Today we went to a preschool with 18 people. They sang us a song when we arrived which was very cute. I read them a story and we went outside. I took the 5 boys out to play soccer they were very good. When we had to go home I gave the boys a high five. They’re a good team. At the end I gave the community $2 to get it out of my pocket it was burning a hole in it anyway.
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